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Reciprocal training in old age psychiatry and geriatric medicine in South Gwent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Karl Rice  and
Eamon Mulkerrin
Karl Rice
Affiliation:
Cefn Coed Hospital, Swansea SA2 0GH
Eamon Mulkerrin
Affiliation:
Geriatric Medicine, St Woolos Hospital, Newport, Gwent
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Skill in physical medicine is an often neglected area in psychiatric training. It is nonetheless very important, particularly in the care of the elderly. The need for reciprocal training in geriatric medicine and old age psychiatry was highlighted in Care of Elderly People with Mental Illness (1989), the Joint Report of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists on services for the elderly and medical training. It recommends that, “Higher professional training for specialisation in the psychiatry of old age should include at least two months experience in geriatric medicine”, and suggests that this previously optional experience should become an obligatory part of specialist training. It indicates the alternative ways of gaining such experience: a short secondment, a weekly sessional commitment or a direct exchange of posts.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 7 , July 1992 , pp. 421 - 422
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

References

Care of Elderly People with Mental Illness – Specialist Services and Medical Training (1989) A Joint Report of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.Google Scholar
Reciprocal Training Schemes for Senior Registrars in Geriatric Medicine and Psychiatry of Old Age: A Discussion Document for the Joint Liaison Committee of the British Geriatrics Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1990) BGS/RCPsych Liaison Committee.Google Scholar
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